Marriage that Works - Marriage - A Holy Covenant, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 29 February 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Chip begins this series with a fresh look at marriage - the way God intended it to be and the way you long for it to be.
Main Points
God's instructions for a great marriage
- It requires mutual submission to God and each other. - Ephesians 5:21
- You need to know how to love your mate.
- Your marriage has an even bigger purpose than your happiness.
Marriage is a holy covenant
- A covenant: An agreement and guarantee one person makes with another.
A covenant marriage involves three distinct aspects:
- Leaving
- Cleaving
- Becoming "one flesh"
Since marriage is a covenant and not merely a contract...
- Divorce is not an option. - Malachi 2:14
- Adultery is a serious covenant breaking offense. - Proverbs 2:16-19
- Sex before marriage is a violation of this holy covenant. - Hebrews 13:4
- Same sex relationships are forbidden as a violation of God’s design. - 1 Corinthians 6:9; Romans 1:26-27
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About Chip Ingram
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the Edge
Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | What keeps a marriage together when the going gets tough? |
| 0:05.0 | I mean, what rekindles the flame and the passion when the years or struggles or circumstances or kids have taken their toll, or maybe worse, some big mistakes, |
| 0:16.7 | some lack of trust, some violations of your covenant with one another. |
| 0:21.6 | That's what I want to talk about today and what I want you to |
| 0:24.4 | know is that there's hope. Stay with me. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:34.4 | The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians |
| 0:38.4 | through the Bible teaching of Chip Ingram. |
| 0:40.4 | Thanks for joining us as we kick off our insightful series, |
| 0:43.0 | Marriage that Works. |
| 0:45.0 | For the next handful of programs, |
| 0:46.0 | Chip will help us understand God's |
| 0:48.0 | game plan to become spiritual soulmates, |
| 0:51.0 | best friends, and passionate lovers with our spouses. |
| 0:54.7 | So if your marriage is on shaky ground right now or you just want to see it grow, |
| 0:58.9 | let me urge you to join us for each message. |
| 1:01.9 | Okay, if you have a Bible handy, go now to Ephesians chapter five |
| 1:05.2 | as we join ship with his talk, marriage, a holy covenant. |
| 1:10.0 | Well, there is no doubt about it. |
| 1:11.6 | Weddings are awesome, right? |
| 1:14.8 | I mean, the dress, the food, the family, |
| 1:18.2 | the dreams fulfilled. |
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